AMSP partnered with bioMerieux to facilitate supply of high-quality COVID-19 diagnostics
On Oct. 8, 2020, bioMerieux and the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), announced a new partnership to facilitate…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Relation between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barre syndrome in adults: a systematic review published
On Oct. 8, 2020, the relation between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) in adults: a systematic review was…
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Gilead Sciences signed joint procurement agreement with European Commission for Veklury (remdesivir)
On Oct. 8, 2020, Gilead Sciences and the European Commission signed a joint procurement agreement (JPA) that enabled…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | Infectious Disease | Medicine | NIH | Therapeutics
La Jolla Institute for Immunology awarded $1.4 million to study COVID-19 in Latino Americans
On Oct. 8, 2020, the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) announced it had been granted $1.4 million…
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Lilly announced supply of potential COVID-19 antibody therapy for low- and middle-income countries
On Oct. 8, 2020, Eli Lilly and Incyte shared sharing additional data showing baricitinib in combination with remdesivir…
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Johnson & Johnson announced EC approval of agreement to supply 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Oct. 8, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced the European Commission, acting on behalf of the European Union…
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Biotechnology | Clinical Research | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA | Infectious Disease | Therapeutics
Abbott’s released ID NOW COVID-19 interim clinical study results to provide facts on clinical performance
On Oct. 7, 2020, in a continuing effort to provide the facts about ID NOW to support public…
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RedHill Biopharma’s Opaganib COVID-19 study passed second independent committee review
On Oct. 7, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced that the U.S. Phase 2 study with opaganib (Yeliva, ABC294640)1 in…
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Mateon announced first patient enrolled in ARTI-19 multicenter interventional study of Artshield against COVID-19
On Oct. 7, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced the first patient enrolled this week in its Phase IV study…
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Kindred Biosciences announced expansion of Manufacturing agreement with Vaxart for COVID-19 and other vaccine candidates
On Oct. 7, 2020, Kindred Biosciences announced it had expanded an agreement with Vaxart for the manufacture of…
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Lilly updated progress of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody programs
On Oct. 7, 2020, Eli Lilly announced additional details on its SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody programs – including interim…
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Sonic Healthcare enhanced test offerings with launch of multiplex assay for COVID-19 and flu
On Oct. 7, 2020, Sonic Healthcare USA announced that it had launched a multiplex RT-PCR assay that combined…
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Broad and Brigham and Women’s Hospital launched COVID-19 surveillance study
On Oct. 6, 2020, clinicians and researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Broad Institute of MIT and…
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BioNTech and Pfizer initiated a rolling submission to EMA for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate BNT162b2
On Oct. 6, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the initiation of a rolling submission to the European Medicines…
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NIH RADx initiative advanced six new COVID-19 testing technologies
On Oct. 6, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), working in collaboration with the Biomedical Advanced Research…
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SARS-CoV-2 may use key carbohydrate to infect cells
On Oct. 6, 2020, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers announced they had found that a carbohydrate called…
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FDA awarded contract to Stanford University to perform in-depth analysis of tissue samples to learn how SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19
On Oct. 5, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had awarded a research contract…
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The CDC updated ‘how COVID is spread’
On Oct. 5, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the existence of published…
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Mateon initiated commercialization of Artshield
On Oct. 5, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced that ArtiShieldTM had been approved for manufacture and marketing by the…
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Vaxxas announced $22 million award from U.S. Government to advance Vaxxas Needle-Free HD-MAP vaccine patch
On Oct. 5, 2020, Vaxxas announced a $22 million United States government award to support the deployment of…
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CLEAR adds LabCorp COVID-19 test results to ‘Health Pass’ mobile app
On Oct. 5, 2020, CLEAR, the secure identity company, and LabCorp announced a partnership to enable users of…
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Data from Corvus phase 1 study of CPI-006 continued to support its potential as treatment for COVID-19
On Oct. 5, 2020, Corvus Pharmaceuticals announced updated data from its ongoing Phase 1 study investigating the potential…
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Fred Hutch opened COVID-19 clinical research center
On Oct. 5, 2020, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced the opening of the COVID-19 Clinical Research…
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COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 clinical trial resumed in Japan, follows restart of trials in the UK, Brazil, South Africa and India
On Oct. 2, 2020, AstraZeneca announced the phase I/II clinical trial for the COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 had resumed…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics | Vaccine | WHO
WHO welcomed $90 million contribution from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support COVID-19 global response
On Oct. 2, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed a contribution…
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Quidel received Emergency Authorization for rapid antigen ‘ABC test’ assay for Influenza A+B and COVID-19
On Oct. 2, 2020, Quidel announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and…
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LabCorp COVID-19 molecular test innovation received FDA authorization
On Oct. 2, 2020, LabCorp announced that it had received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S….
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19 organizations from the healthcare community unite to form COVID-19 testing industry consortium
On Oct. 1, 2020, widespread accurate testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is one critical aspect…
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Gilead Sciences updated supply and distribution of Veklury (remdesivir) in the US
On Oct. 1, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced that it will be responsible for distributing Veklury in the U.S….
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Amyris delivered sustainable alternative to shark squalene adjuvant enabling vaccines with no sharks killed
On Oct. 1, 2020, Amyris announced that it has begun delivering samples to pharmaceutical companies of a sustainable…
